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...Most of the time we play hearts--we play for quarters...hearts or backgammon," Fragopoulos said. "Once in a while we have a party...
...Without Tanner, Altman says, "I don't think I could have made this film." It probably also helped that he stopped drinking, though Altman bridles at the suggestion. "I stopped drinking for health reasons. I've never jeopardized anything by either the drinking or the gambling" -- he plays poker, backgammon and the horses -- "or the pot smoking. I do smoke pot. I sit on the front porch like a grandpa and try to enjoy the weather...
Many people here, living on what could be ground zero if America's awesome military machine is unleashed, go about their business with surprising cheerfulness and equanimity. In what might be a scene from a 19th century Ottoman tapestry, two dozen men play dominoes and gamble at backgammon in a stately hall on the banks of the Tigris. At 1 a.m., on the other side of the river, some 30 young men watch Indian movies on TV in a yard behind the city's open-air fish restaurants. In the noonday sun, Irish and Dutch hostages play water polo...
Those who pass their interview with The Club's admissions committee receive their own "permanent slice of Cambridge": banquet rooms, masseur, squash courts, valet, ticket office, boot black, cigar stand and barber. Not to mention the games of bridge and backgammon, evenings of brandy and wine, entertainment by a capella and a play-wright's dialogue, a cozy library and the opportunity to tap into a "valuable resource for business or personal...
...felt handled," says world champion backgammon player William G. Robertie '68. "He was on top of things and infallible...